In our 15 years experience delivering and supporting Microsoft solutions and conducting Network Health Checks we come across the same problems time after time. Failed Backups! They are either miss-configured, over engineered, under capacity and their correct operation is rarely verified. Data Backups can be a real problem but the risks are so often overlooked until it’s too late.

“70% of companies that suffer serious data loss go out of business within 12 months”

In our experience the problems have been due to poorly configured NTBackup systems with its limited backup media support, or the use of third party backup packages that are designed for large enterprises, which are complex to setup and maintain and come with a big price tag.

With Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 (SBS2003) even small companies with as little as 5 employees can gain a real competitive edge. Whilst Microsoft has dramatically improved their native NT Backup solution for Small Business Server 2003 there is still a fair amount of scope to improve operational features and to simplify the interface.

With such small companies now using Small Business Server 2003 there even greater challenges to address. Small businesses have small budgets so it’s important to be able to backup data to other cheaper types of media rather than the expensive traditional tape.

These smaller businesses have little or no technical knowledge to maintain such systems. Whilst SBS2003 is much simpler than it predecessor to use. Most users will prefer to ignore or choose to forget about backups.

BackupAssist - Windows Backup made easy!

SAS UK is always on the look out for simple intuitive products. Certainly we were impressed with BackupAssist created by Cortex I.T. BackupAssist performs automatic, scheduled backups of Windows servers to a variety of backup devices, such as tape, hard drive, REV™ drive CD/DVD, NAS and file. In the event of a server crash or other disaster, files and system state can be restored from the backup media. With thousands of sales in 61 countries, BackupAssist is fast becoming a major backup software package of choice for businesses, schools and charities.

Design philosophy - simplicity for non-technical staff

Designed specifically to meet the needs of small and medium organizations, BackupAssist is simple to use and affordable.

Cortex I.T. philosophy in designing BackupAssist was to make the software exceptionally simple for non-technical staff. Backup jobs had to be easy to schedule, manage and monitor. Accordingly, it incorporates super-fast scheduling, intuitive user interfaces, daily email reminders and email notifications to make the whole process simple for the average user.

If you're looking for a backup software package that allows you to easily schedule, manage media rotation and monitor the status of backup jobs, without creating a complicated mess, then BackupAssist is the ideal solution for you.

Big on features, low on price

For a very competitive price of £87, BackupAssist incorporates the key features required for implementing a secure backup strategy.

Key features

• Backup files and system state
• Backup to most devices - tape, hard drive, REV™ drive, CD/DVD, NAS and file
• Ability to create multiple backup jobs
• Flexible scheduling of automated backups
• Preconfigured, industry-standard rotation schemes, such as the Grandfather-Father-Son scheme
• Customizable rotation schemes for advanced schemes, including the choice of incremental and differential backups
• Intuitive user interface suitable for non-technical staff
• Daily email reminders and notifications
• Detailed reporting functions, including quick view of job history and status
• Online Exchange Server backup
• Online SQL Server backup (optional add-on)
• Open file backup
• Advanced open file backup (optional add-on)
• Verification, encryption and compression
• SBS 2003 Server Performance Report Integration
• Exchange Mailbox Add-on

Pricing

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